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5 of 8 survivors of El Paso mass shooting said no to meeting with Donald Trump

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President Donald Trump thanks El Paso Firefighters who responded to the mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas during his visit Wednesday, August, 7, 2019. Trump visited University Medical Center where he met with vicims and later visited the Office of Emergency Management. Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump thanks El Paso Firefighters who responded to the mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas during his visit Wednesday, August, 7, 2019. Trump visited University Medical Center where he met with vicims and later visited the Office of Emergency Management.
Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

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President Donald Trump arrives in El Paso with Melania Trump Wednesday, August, 7, 2019, to visit victims of the mass shooting at Walmart and meet with first responders who responded the scene. Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump arrives in El Paso with Melania Trump Wednesday, August, 7, 2019, to visit victims of the mass shooting at Walmart and meet with first responders who responded the scene.
Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

A Secret Service K-9 takes a break after sweeping the airport Wednesday ahead of President Trumpâ€™s visit to El Paso. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

A Secret Service K-9 takes a break after sweeping the airport Wednesday ahead of President Trumpâ€™s visit to El Paso.
Mark Lambie/El Paso Times

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President Donald Trump is escorted in to the Office of Emergency Management Wednesday, August, 7, 2019 at the in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump is escorted in to the Office of Emergency Management Wednesday, August, 7, 2019 at the in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25.
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President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25.
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President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, August, 7, 2019 at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25. Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday, August, 7, 2019 at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25.
Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

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President Donald Trump signs autographs for first responders Wednesday, August, 7, 2019 at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25. Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump signs autographs for first responders Wednesday, August, 7, 2019 at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25.
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President Donald Trump along with First Lady Melania Trump talk with Border Patrol agents August, 7, 2019, at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump visited El Paso to meet with those who were wounded in the August, 3, attack at Walmart and first responders who were at the scene. Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump along with First Lady Melania Trump talk with Border Patrol agents August, 7, 2019, at the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump visited El Paso to meet with those who were wounded in the August, 3, attack at Walmart and first responders who were at the scene.
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President Donald Trump speaks at the Office of Emergency Management Wednesday, August, 7, 2019, where he thanked first responders who were at the shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump speaks at the Office of Emergency Management Wednesday, August, 7, 2019, where he thanked first responders who were at the shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

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President Donald Trump meets Army Pfc. Glendon Oakley Jr., who rushed to the Walmart from the neighboring Sam's Club and began rescuing children as the scene turned chaotic the day of the shooting, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Trump visited El Paso on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump meets Army Pfc. Glendon Oakley Jr., who rushed to the Walmart from the neighboring Sam's Club and began rescuing children as the scene turned chaotic the day of the shooting, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Trump visited El Paso on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019.
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President Donald Trump meets CBP officer Donna Sifford who was shopping at Walmart at the time of the attack that killed 22 and injured 25 others. Sifford helped rescue people from the shooter. Mark Lambie / El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump meets CBP officer Donna Sifford who was shopping at Walmart at the time of the attack that killed 22 and injured 25 others. Sifford helped rescue people from the shooter.
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President Donald Trump visits with El Paso police Chief Greg Allen and other law enforcement officers who responded to Saturday's mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas, during a meeting Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at the Office of Emergency Management. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump visits with El Paso police Chief Greg Allen and other law enforcement officers who responded to Saturday's mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas, during a meeting Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at the Office of Emergency Management.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, after visiting University Medical Center of El Paso and the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25. Mark Lambie/El Paso Times

President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, after visiting University Medical Center of El Paso and the Office of Emergency Management in El Paso, Texas. Trump met with first responders who were at the scene of the mass shooting that killed 22 and wounded 25.
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President Donald Trump visits El Paso after mass shooting

President Donald Trump thanks El Paso Firefighters who responded to the mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas during his visit Wednesday, August, 7, 2019. Trump visited University Medical Center where he met with vicims and later visited the Office of Emergency Management.

Trump visited El Paso four days after a mass shooting left 22 dead and 25 injured.

The president did not meet with any of the eight survivors still convalescing at UMC, the El Paso Times reported Wednesday, Aug. 7.

Three of the eight survivors were unable to meet Trump because they were in too poor condition or because of a Spanish language barrier, Henry Gallardo, UMC’s chair of the hospital board of managers, said.

Five declined the offer.

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The president did meet with family members of three survivors in the hospital waiting room for nearly two hours after most objected to seeing him, Gallardo said.

Families said they had been asked on Tuesday if Trump could visit with them and most declined.

“All of the victims were asked if they would be willing to have visitors, just like we do for all the other individuals that come through the hospital that come to visit,” Gallardo told the El Paso Times. “In that particular situation, the protocol was exactly the same.”

“The president and first lady met with victims of the tragedy while at the hospital," White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said. "I’d also point you to the video the White House posted this evening, which shows the president and first lady being received very warmly by not just victims and their families, but by the many members of medical staff who lined the hallways to meet them. It was a moving visit for all involved.”

The hospital administrators released few details of the president's activities Wednesday.

"University Medical Center of El Paso hosted President Donald J. Trump today during his visit to El Paso to meet with hospital staff, families or victims of the Aug. 3 mass casualty shooting," it said.

He spent most of his time in a hospital waiting room where the families of survivors sit together, prompting meetings with those family members. His visit to the hospital remained largely unseen by media who were kept away from the president.

The president was accompanied by Jacob Cintron, CEO of UMC; Maria Zampini, the chief operating office; and Henry Gallardo, the board chair for the El Paso County Hospital District Board of Managers.

On Wednesday, the president tweeted out what appeared to be a campaign video shaking hands and taking pictures with hospital staff in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, where he also visited.

My time spent in Dayton and El Paso with some of the greatest people on earth. Thank you for a job well done! pic.twitter.com/TNVDGhxOpo